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Our guests today challenge the perception that Islam cannot accommodate feminist beliefs while acknowledging that Islam is used for political purposes to oppress women. What are the challenges facing an Arab-Australian-Feminist and how can they be overcome? Poet Sara Saleh also performs her ...

A summit begins at the Vatican this week to try to find a global solution to the churchs child sexual abuse crisis. Pope Francis has called the leaders of the church together, along with survivors and experts. But what do ordinary Catholics in the pews, especially those who hunger for reform, expect ...

For centuries, nations and leaders have used the religious concept of a so-called just war to support military action. A just war is supposed to be fought according to strict rules and for a moral purpose. But what happens when machines replace men on the battlefield or in the sky? Can a robotic ...

Are you the forgiving type? Or does your forgiveness depend on the circumstances? Forgiveness is often discussed as if it were a single, straightforward, phenomenon. The reality, however, is not so simple. Stephen Cherry identifies three different types of forgiveness: inter-personal ...